A Summary of Tourism in Tianjin

Tianjin's tourism industry began in the 1950s. The earliest travel agency was Tianjin Branch of China International Travel Service, which was established in 1954. Tianjin Tourism Bureau was established at the end of 1978. 1996 Tianjin * * * received international and domestic tourists, including 24,758,300 tourists from Japan, South Korea, Russia, Europe and America. Among them, foreign tourists 1 174 19, and tourism income is 21210 billion yuan, of which international tourism foreign exchange income15191/kloc.

1996 Tianjin * * * has 1 12 travel agency. Among them, there are 7 first-level societies, 22 second-level societies and 83 third-level societies. China Travel Agency Tianjin Branch is mainly responsible for receiving tourists and tour groups from all over the world. China Travel Agency mainly receives tourists from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots and overseas Chinese visiting relatives in Chinese mainland. China Youth Travel Service Tianjin Branch mainly receives young tour groups and tourists from all over the world. In addition, there is Tianjin Branch of China Staff Travel Agency, which receives domestic tourists. China Tianjin Overseas Travel Corporation has business and cooperative relations with travel agencies in dozens of countries and regions, and has personnel in Germany, Japan, the United States, Britain, Thailand and Hong Kong. In addition, the larger travel agencies include Kang Hui Travel Agency, Nankai Travel Agency, Science and Technology Travel Agency, Business Travel Agency and Tian Bin Travel Agency. There are more than 65438+100000 direct employees in the tourism industry in the city, and more than 50000 indirect employees. There are more than 300 translators and tour guides in English, German, French, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Korean and Thai.

There are more than 100 scenic spots in Tianjin, including ten Jinmen scenic spots such as Huangyaguan Great Wall, Dule Temple in Jixian County, Panshan Scenic Area and Haihe Scenic Area, historical buildings with different styles, and 12 modern cultural amusement places and cultural relics built in Tianjin since 1980s.

In the 1970s, there were only three hotels in Tianjin: Tianjin Hotel, Yingbin Hotel and Friendship Hotel. After 1979, three four-star hotels, namely Crystal Palace Hotel, Sheraton Hotel and Hyatt Hotel, and three hotels, namely Jin Lihua Hotel, Northern Hotel and Shengli Hotel, will be built. Up to1996 * *, there are 70 foreign-related hotels and restaurants, including 45 hotels. There are 9000 guest rooms.

Tianjin's flavor food enjoys a high reputation, including more than 50 kinds of snacks such as Goubuli Steamed Bun, Erduoyan Fried Cake and 18th Street Twist, and many kinds of special foods such as Wei Qing radish, whitebait, purple crab and prawn. There are 59 foreign-related restaurants, including more than 20 cuisines such as Sichuan cuisine, Shandong cuisine, Guangdong cuisine and Tianjin cuisine, as well as Muslim, palace and foreign cuisines. All tourist hotels also have specialties.

Tianjin's tourist commodities, such as Fengchuan brand carpet, Yangliuqing New Year pictures, clay figurine Zhang Caisu, Wiki kite and other traditional handicrafts, are deeply loved by tourists. There are 565,438+0 designated tourist shopping stores dealing in tourist commodities. There are Tianjin Friendship Company, overseas Chinese shops, international shopping malls, Yangliuqing New Year Pictures Society, and the business department of clay figurine Zhang handicrafts in Guwen Street. All tourist hotels have shopping centers or commodity sales departments, and all open tourist spots have shops selling tourist commodities. Many "time-honored" shops with a history of 100 years have opened in Guwen Street. There are also 8 key enterprises in designated production of tourism commodities in China.

When you travel to Tianjin, you can also enjoy Beijing Opera, Pingju, acrobatics, Quyi, music, song and dance and other cultural programs in Tianjin, and learn China language, history, martial arts and cooking skills. Since 1982, Tianjin has held a variety of special tours, such as international cruise tour, ancient canal tour, Tianjin International Marathon tour before and after the race, Haihe River one-day tour, Chinese rose festival and so on. Visitors can learn about the folk customs, customs and history of Tianjin through these activities.

Tianjin tourism education and personnel training have also made great progress. Nankai University has set up the Department of Tourism, Tianjin University of Commerce has set up the Department of Hotel and Tourism Enterprise Management, the National Tourism Administration has invested in the establishment of Tianjin China Tourism Training Center and Tourism Management Cadre College, and Tianjin has successively set up two tourism secondary specialized schools.